Muse Headlines the V Festival

August 16th, 2008 - Hylands Park - Chelmsford, UK

A typical mid-summer’s August day in the UK saw both Weston Park and Hylands Park face the rain, the two sites being the dual locations of the V festival, one of the biggest UK festivals (alongside Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds). Yet the rain didn’t dampen anybody’s spirit as a blistering set featuring all the hits from The Stereophonics ensured everybody forgot about being knee high in mud pits and look forward to headliners Muse.

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Radiohead Headlines the All Points West Music Festival

Radiohead returned to Liberty State Park in Jersey City on Saturday August 9th to conclude their two-night headlining act at the All Points West Music Festival.

Over 30,000 people joined together to witness performances by acts such as Kings of Leon and The Roots before Radiohead took the main stage right on time at 8:30pm. Read more

Concert Review: Jack’s Mannequin at Asbury Park Convention Hall

August 16, 2008 – Asbury Park Convention Hall – Asbury Park, NJ

Andrew McMahon is musician, poet and cancer survivor but, on Saturday night he was simply a rock star.  As McMahon led the piano driven Jack’s Mannequin in Asbury Park, NJ, the entire room was in a trance of melodic rock lullabies.  Read more

A Recap on the All Points West Festival

Dragonflies, cigarette ashes and the aroma of weed filled the air at the All Points West Music Festival that took place on Saturday August 9th at Liberty State Park in Jersey City. It was a beautiful day with sweltering heat and not a cloud in the sky. One of the first acts to take the stage was Alberta Cross, whom I first discovered on MySpace and immediately took a liking to their hard/Southern blues rock sound. With their grungy long, dirty hair and plaid shirt/black vest/cowboy boots attire combination, they had a striking resemblance to the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Alberta Cross’s slow jam blues had a nice refreshing sound in comparison to some of the other bands that performed. It’s a shame there aren’t more bands like this nowadays that have high-pitched vocals, in-your-face distortion and great slide guitar. “The Thief and the Heartbreaker” was a straight-up jam with a warm and catchy chorus for the crowd to bob their heads along to. Read more

Concert Review: Counting Crows Open for Maroon 5 at the Comcast Center

August 2, 2008 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA

Ever since the Counting Crows hit single “Mr. Jones” hit airwaves circa 1993, I was hooked. Even though I was only in the 6th grade, I still knew that August and Everything After was one of the best albums I had ever experienced (and still one of my top 5 favorites to date). The show on Saturday evening at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA was actually my third time seeing them live, and Adam Duritz never ceases to put his unique spin on the music every time. Read more

The Roots Perform at Miller Oasis

July 4th, 2008 – Miller Oasis – Milwaukee, WI

Since their first album nearly ten years ago, The Roots have stood by two things. First, they are open to a continual artistic evolution and advancement. Secondly, their music represents an ideological dialogue on issues of politics, economic inequalities and civil rights. With this in mind, when The Roots took the stage tonight at the Miller Oasis, they proceeded to represent themselves perfectly. Read more

Pearl Jam Wraps Up Their Summer 2008 Tour

June 30, 2008 - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA

I never realized how much of a politician Eddie Vedder was until arriving at Pearl Jam’s last show of their 2008 tour on Monday night. As soon as I entered the Comcast Center parking lot, two men dressed up in cow suits approached us with applications to register to vote, stating the band was encouraging everyone to sign up to vote for the 2008 election. Read more

Stevie Wonder’s Still Got It

June 22nd - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA

Ok, I admit it: I absolutely love Stevie Wonder. Considering the fact that I’m only twenty-five, most people think his music is slightly “before my time,” but I happen to disagree. I not only love his mixture of beautiful ballads and catchy, radio-friendly tunes, but also the fact that, even after all these years, he still knows how to deliver. Read more

Rockers Unite for Road Recovery’s 10th Anniversary

April 17, 2008 – Nokia Theater – NYC

Road Recovery is a program that helps young people overcoming addiction work towards a better future through music. The program was founded in 1998 by Gene Bowen and Jack Bookbinder, who set out to impact young people’s lives with the help of music industry professionals and mental health clinicians. Many well-known musicians help sponsor the program including Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Joan Jett, Tom Morello and many more. Read more

Metro Station at the Bamboozle Roadshow

May 4th - Worcester Palladium - Worcester, MA

On Sunday May 4th, the streets of Worcester were lined up with hundreds of teens, all waiting in line to be the first to arrive at the Bamboozle Roadshow at the Palladium. I arrived at exactly 5pm, which was when the doors were scheduled to open, and there was already an endless line that had formed on the sidewalk and seemed to go on for days. Apparently, every teen within driving distance of Western Massachusetts didn’t want to miss a minute of the action that was about to take place. Read more

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